Contributor
Chelsea Denard
Chelsea Denard is an editorial assistant at Creative Nonfiction and a Creative Writing major at Arizona State University online. She moved to Pittsburgh from Los Angeles in 2014, and still has not bought proper snow boots.
Recent Writing
Writing As I Am Now
The winner of the 2014 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize talks about the nature of memoir and the publishing industry, what makes the personal universal, and why words are so important.Online Only
Writing Down the Hard Stuff
The winner of Creative Nonfiction’s $1,000 "Memoir" contest talks about her essay, "Do No Harm"Issue 55
On Food and Field Research
On the personal nature of writing, her experiences with digital storytelling, and what you can bring to a table that's already crowded.Online Only
Find the Takeaway
The Washington Post's Outlook editor discusses what makes a story relatable, why the first-person point of view is important to readers, and what he's learned from working for several different publications.Online Only
